Well I wish they would officially clarify as such since every other news site keep reporting this film as a sequel to MOS and before someone brings up the example with "The Avengers" and the films that came before it, not once do I recall "The Avengers" being labeled as a follow up or "sequel" to either Thor, Iron Man 2, TIH, or CA.

Kind of a new topic here, but I didn't want to start a new thread since it'll probably get derailed anyway.

I just finished reading Superman: Flyby by J.J. Abrams. I noticed a lot of similarities between that and MoS in the first 60 pages or so. What I did find very interesting was how they progressed Luthor's character. It didn't like him being an alien or a CIA agent, but I did like that he was used as a physical threat at the end. That was what really solidified to me that they were going to go head-to-head for a long time.

I get that some want Lex to be solely a cerebral villain, but I feel that him going toe-to-toe with Superman early in their history expands on why he has to rely on using other villains' physicality in the future. It also would setup an epic rematch since they'd both be experienced fighters down the line should they meet again.

__________________"They laughed when I said that a man could walk on the moon. Now I'm up here laughing at them." - Louie Armstrong

It's well-written, but not a Superman story that I'd see in place of Man of Steel. There were way too many liberties taken with Krypton, his parents, Luthor and Perry White was a direct rip of J. Jonah Jamison. It was an interesting else-world story and I did really like the way that Clark was portrayed.

__________________"They laughed when I said that a man could walk on the moon. Now I'm up here laughing at them." - Louie Armstrong

I forget.....but is Flyby the one where Superman was killed by Doomsday and then his spirit impregnated Lois and she gave birth to Superman who aged rapidly to adulthood??

or was a different failed project??

Flyby is different. In Flyby, Krypton is war-torn and Jor-El and Laura send him to Earth to fulfill a prophecy to save Krypton. Jor-El was originally like the king of Krypton, then his brother overthrows and captures him. The main story is about Jor-El's brother's army hunting for Kal-El.

__________________"They laughed when I said that a man could walk on the moon. Now I'm up here laughing at them." - Louie Armstrong

The reason that I read it recently was because I couldn't remember the difference between it and Superman Lives. I don't know what the rule is on sharing something like this, but it can be found with a simple Google search.

PS: No Zor-El. New family.

__________________"They laughed when I said that a man could walk on the moon. Now I'm up here laughing at them." - Louie Armstrong

Those descriptions sound... Suboptimal, if I am being charitable. But then again if I was told all the stuff in MOS second hand I would most likely hate it too. Actually watching it I came away loving it to peices (I now await the inevitable posts that attemp to change my mind about MOS and how EVERYTHING in it is terrible, from script to acting to VFX to the colors to Cavil's hair to production design to how Crowe pronounced "Krypton"...)

Those descriptions sound... Suboptimal, if I am being charitable. But then again if I was told all the stuff in MOS second hand I would most likely hate it too. Actually watching it I came away loving it to peices (I now await the inevitable posts that attemp to change my mind about MOS and how EVERYTHING in it is terrible, from script to acting to VFX to the colors to Cavil's hair to production design to how Crowe pronounced "Krypton"...)